A video circulated on social media in which a family reports that, after living in the United States for several years and returning to Mexico, they found their home had been occupied by other people.
Irma Guadalupe and her daughter, Daniela, returned to Tampico, Tamaulipas, and were surprised to find their house was allegedly occupied by unknown individuals.
According to the video, the house was rented through a relative while they were in the United States, but the tenants apparently stopped paying the rent and took possession of the property.
They are currently facing legal proceedings to recover their home in Tampico and point out that the authorities have not intervened in a timely manner despite having evidence of the eviction.
Currently, there are 168,000 homes in Mexico, of which 145,000 are illegally occupied and 23,000 are uninhabited or vandalized.
Given this situation, Octavio Romero Oropeza, director of the National Workers’ Housing Fund Institute (Infonavit), announced on Monday, June 16, 2025, that the squatters will not be evicted and that they will even be given the option of buying the home they are illegally occupying at a reduced price.
He clarified that even if the homes are occupied illegally, there will be no evictions.
The president’s instruction is to speak with each of the residents of the homes and find a solution.
The proposal is that the occupied property be rented out, with the money used to pay for the rent and the housing.
Anyone who is illegally occupying the home will not be evicted, but they will be warned that if they do not legalize their status, they will never own the home. They may occupy it, but it will never be theirs, and what we want is for it to be legalized.
Source: nmas
